Radio Dreams
| Radio Dreams | |
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 Radio Dreams promotional poster | |
| رویاهای رادیویی | |
| Directed by | Babak Jalali[1] |
| Produced by | Marjaneh Moghimi[1] |
| Written by | Babak Jalali, Aida Ahadiany[1] |
| Cinematography | Noaz Deshe[1] |
Production company |
Butimar[1] |
| Distributed by | Reel Suspects[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States-Iran |
| Language | Farsi |
| Budget | US$ 300,000[2] |
Radio Dreams is a 2016 United States-Iranian film by Iranian born film maker Babak Jalali.[3] inspired by a group of real life Iranian Metallica fans, calling themselves the Persian Magnetic,[3] and the realities of expatriate life of the Iranian diaspora in the United States, Radio Dreams won the 2016 Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.[3]
Plot
Hamid Royani is the station manager at Pars Radio, the Bay Area's's premiere Farsi radio station. As everyone at Pars looks forward to a continuously delayed jam session by Afghan rock band Kabul Dreams with metal legends Metallica, Royani despairs . A respected man of the arts in his homeland he must struggle against the commercial demands of the station's owners; erudite and eloquent in his own tongue he must face the travails of everyday life in a land where he can hardly speak the language.
Cast
- Mohsen Namjoo - as Hamid Royani
- Boshra Dastournezhad - as Maral
- Kabul Dreams (Sulyman Qardash, Siddique Ahmed, Raby Adib)- as themselves
- Lars Ulrich - as himself
Production
Marjaneh Moghimi, a producer of community documentaries, was looking to produce her first fictional feature and approached Babak Jalali to helm it.[2] A personal friend of Mohsen Namjoo, Moghimi introduced him to Jalali;[2] at the same time Kabul Dreams had just decided to relocate to the United States, and around these cast members the story was written. With a minimal budget of US$300,000, a virtue was made of necessity and the story that developed staged the action within the span of a day within the confines of a radio station.[2] This setting in turn was to play a part in the lighting and camera setups used by cinematographer Noaz Deshe.[1]
Reception
Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter described the film as "Presenting a nuanced, intelligent and consistently droll take on hot-button subjects of immigration, identity and cultural assimilation..." and that it "stand[s] comparison with the finest radio-themed enterprises of the current century..."[1]
Writing in Variety, critic Catherine Bray called the film a "quietly satisfying gem..." and a "deserving Tiger competition winner at Rotterdam..."[4]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | International Film Festival Rotterdam | Tiger Award | Radio Dreams | Won[3][4] |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Young, Niel (3 February 2016). "'Radio Dreams': Rotterdam Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Goodfellow, Melanie (31 January 2016). "Tiger directors: Babak Jalali, 'Radio Dreams'". Screen Daily. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Griffiths, Michael (4 March 2016). "Metallica and their secret ‘Persian Magnetic’ fans ignoring the ban on metal music in Iran". The Independent. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- 1 2 Bray, Catherine (10 February 2016). "Film Review: ‘Radio Dreams’". Variety. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
External links
- "مهاجرت، محسن نامجو و متالیکا؛ گفتوگو با کارگردان 'رویاهای رادیویی'". BBC. BBC Persian Service. February 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- "گفتگوی اختصاصی با بابک جلالی و مرجانه مقیمی در مورد فیلم سینمایی". Persian Magnetic. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- "Radio Dreams". IFFR.com. International Film Festival Rotterdam. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- Radio Dreams at Reel Suspects (distribution company website)
- Radio Dreams at the Internet Movie Database